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favorite non protag/antag chars (currently 684 views) |
leitskev |
Posted: August 12th, 2011, 7:53pm |
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Looking through a link supplied by Rick about top characters. Cool stuff. Most are protags or antags.
I was thinking we should list some cool chars that are not a protag or an antag.
I'm going to list one that most will barely remember, but I thought he was cool in his little part: Benicio Del Toro as Gaspare in the Funeral
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Heretic |
Posted: August 12th, 2011, 8:05pm |
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January Project Group
LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada Posts2023 Posts Per Day 0.28 |
Hah! Cool idea...
Some supporting characters that really stand out to me:
Lance Henriksen as Bishop in Aliens James Caan as The Big Man in Dogville Tony Shalhoub as Fred Kwan in Galaxy Quest Jean Reno as Victor in La Femme Nikita
And also, Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther. A bold-faced cheat, I know. |
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leitskev |
Posted: August 12th, 2011, 8:11pm |
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Isn't Sellers the protag? I love him in that movie though.
Bishop: inspired choice!
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Scar Tissue Films |
Posted: August 12th, 2011, 8:18pm |
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Peter Sellers as Dr Strangelove.
Captain Spaulding (House of 1000 Corpses) Jules Winnfield (Samuel Jackson Pulp Fiction) The kids from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mr Pink (Reservoir Dogs)...probably any minor role Buscemi has ever played actually....
The characters from Wizard of OZ..(Scarecrow, Lion etc) Jesus from Big Lebowski...as well as pretty much everyone else in that film. Randal Graves (Clerks). The characters from Princess Bride Hicks and Hudson from Aliens..two of my favourite charcaters in movies ever...whole squad was good actually. |
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leitskev |
Posted: August 12th, 2011, 8:23pm |
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Haven't seen 1000 corpses. Seen the others, great choices. Jules is close to a protag, but maybe one of the coolest chars in film history. |
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Scar Tissue Films |
Posted: August 12th, 2011, 8:43pm |
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I'm wondering whether the films with several memorable characters tend to be "squad" based films. They may have a central protag, but that protag may be teamed up with or meet several others on their journey.
This is a way of keeping the story compact (they are all involved in the same story-line) but allows for a broader range of solutions to problems and a wider variety of reactions/POV.
There's a danger of having too much going on when you try to have lots and lots of memorable characters, because they might not really affect the action, or if they do, they might overshadow other characters (eg the antag) making that character less memorable and unbalancing the story. |
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Heretic |
Posted: August 12th, 2011, 9:28pm |
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January Project Group
LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada Posts2023 Posts Per Day 0.28 |
The characters from Princess Bride
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Inconceivable! I think you're right about "squad"/"team"/whatever films, Rick. It's probably easier to have memorable characters without overshadowing the main ones if you have a big group of people all facing one common problem. |
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leitskev |
Posted: August 12th, 2011, 9:55pm |
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Ryan1 |
Posted: August 12th, 2011, 10:10pm |
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Old Timer
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Hudson (Bill Paxton) from Aliens Lacombe from Close Encounters Milton from Office Space
Man, this list could go on forever... |
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Electric Dreamer |
Posted: August 13th, 2011, 9:40am |
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LocationLos Angeles Posts2740 Posts Per Day 0.55 |
Grace (Edie McClurg) the secretary in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Edie McClurg again as the rosy cheeked car rental agent in Planes, Trains & Automobiles. Brad Pitt's stoner dude in True Romance. Pervy trucker dude in Thelma & Louise. Cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) in Lampoon's Vacation & Christmas Vacation. E.D. |
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bert |
Posted: August 13th, 2011, 2:47pm |
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LocationThat's me in the corner Posts4233 Posts Per Day 0.61 |
A great supporting cast can really take a film to a whole different level, for sure.
Some that come to mind for me; you probably know all of these:
Joe Pesci in Goodfellas Pat Morita in Karate Kid Dennis Hopper or Marlon Brando (tie) in Apocalypse Now Burgess Meridith in Rocky Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future FTW
Interesting topic, but could also be a near-endless list.
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Dreamscale |
Posted: August 13th, 2011, 4:13pm |
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Captain Spaulding in House of 1,000 Corpses is actually a major Antag, as he's actually Baby and Otis' Dad, isn't he?
Although it's really not revealed until the very end of the movie (that he's in on the Firefly clan's devious, killing ways), it's apparent in the The Devil's Rejects.
Any way you look at his character, though, Zombie sure did a great job with him. So memorable, and totally rejuvenated Sig Haig's career.
I'd like to add pretty much every character in True Romance, as all are incredibly well drawn, well acted, and very memorable. |
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Scar Tissue Films |
Posted: August 13th, 2011, 4:18pm |
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He turns out to be, but he doesn't actually take part in the "meat and bones" of the story, so I don't think you can really call him an antagonist as such. |
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Heretic |
Posted: August 13th, 2011, 4:46pm |
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January Project Group
LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada Posts2023 Posts Per Day 0.28 |
I knew there was something I was missing...
Philip Kwok as Mad Dog in Hard Boiled -- probably my favourite "bad-ass" character of all time. |
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sniper |
Posted: August 16th, 2011, 2:28am |
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Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) - The Big Lebowski Iceman (Val Kilmer) - Top Gun Michael Cheritto (Tom Sizemore) - Heat |
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